Show-case.



J. F. HUCKEL.

SHOW CASE. APPLICATION FILEDl AUG.6. 1915.

1 1 96,953. Patented Sept. 5, 1916.l

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JOHN F. HCKEL, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

SHOW-CASE.

License.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 5, raie.

Application led August 6, 1915. Serial No. 43,999.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Jol-IN F. HUCKEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Show-Cases; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to showcases, and has for its principal objectto increase the exhibiting space of a device of this 'character and provide an arrangement whereby commodities are exhibited to better advantage than whencontained in a showcase of ordinary construction. In accomplishing this object I have provided improved details of structure, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure I is a perspective view of a showcase containing my improvements. Fig. II is a transverse vertical section thereof.

Referring more in detail to the drawings: 1 designates a showcase, comprising upper and lower exhibiting sections 2, 3, and a base 4; the upper section 3 having a glass top 5, front 6 and ends 7 and an opaque bottom 8, as in a showcase of ordinary construction, and the bottom 8 comprising the top of the lower section 3.

The base 4 extends forwardly beyond the front plane of the upper section 2 and has an inclined front 9, the upper edge of which lies beneath the upper exhibiting section and is backset from the front thereof, so that the front edge of the bottom 8 forms an overhanging shelf that serves as a keeper for articles lying on the inclined front, as presently described, and the lower edge of said front member is Supported on a rail 10 that extends upwardly and outwardly from the front edge of the base and beyond the bottom of the front member to form a stop member 11 at the bottom of the inclined front 9. Rails 12 are also located at the ends of the front 9 and project thereabove to cooperate with the bottom rail to form a trough-like structurefor holding magazines, or the like, if desired, although the lower portion of the structure is used as an exhibiting case; the construction of the trough and its combination with the upper and lower sections of the case being such that when articles are contained therein they lie in an inclined plane as nearly as possible at right angles to the line of vision of an observer at the front of the case, or when the lower space is used only for exhibiting vendible articles the front is unobstructed and a person standing near or approaching the case may look directly through the inclined front and observe the contents of the lower section.

In the preferred construction, the baseboard or rail extends upwardly and outwardly therefrom sufficiently to provide what is commonly known as toe-space beneath the front of the trough. With a showoase of this construction, vendible articles, such as candies, cigars, or the like, may be placed in the upper and lower portions 2, 3 of the case, where they may be viewed through the glass inclosure of the upper part and through thel inclined front of the lower part; the inclined front of the lower portion providing clear, direct vision into the lower section, whereas it would be difli* cult to distinguish articles at the same elevation in a glass case of ordinary construction. If so desired, articles of any suitable nature such as magazines, may be placed in the inclined trough so that a person approaching or standing in front of the case, when looking down toward the floor, may easily view the contents of the trough.

Vhile I have advanced the bottom of the trough beyond the front of the upper portion of the showcase, this arrangement does not interfere with the close approach of an observer to the case, as he may stand with his toes against the base 4L, and when in such position will be as close to the exhibiting portion as though the trough or the front of the lower exhibiting space were not present.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. A showcase comprising a base, a lower exhibiting portion supported on said base and having an upwardly and outwardly inclined lower front member and an upwardly and rearwardly inclined upper front member and an -upperexhibiting portion supported on said lower portion and extending forwardly from the upper edge thereof to form a ledge.

P 2. A showcase comprising a lower exhibiting portion having an upwardly and rearwardly inclined front member, and an upper exhibiting portion supported on the lower portion and extending forwardly thereof to form a ledge, the front member of said lower exhibiting portion being inset from the front of the upper portion to form a trough.

3. A showcase comprising a lower portion having end members, inclined downwardly7 and forwardly from their upper edges to form pointed front edges, a rail connected with the upwardly and outwardly'inclined portions of said end members and a front member supported at the bottom by saidrail and the downwardly and forwardly inclined upper front edges of the ends to form a trough, an upper exhibiting portion supported on said lower portion and extended forwardly over said inclined front to form a ledge thereabove.

4. A showcase comprising upper and lower `exhibiting portions, having common ends,

supplemental end members projecting forwardly from the front of the lower exhibiting portion, a base rail connecting said supplemental end members and a front secured `to said supplemental end members and said rail and downset therefrom to form a trough across the front of said lower exhibiting portion.

5. A showcase comprising upper and lower exhibiting portions having common ends, supplemental end members projecting forwardly from the front of the lower exhibiting portion, a base rail connecting said supplemental end members and a front secured to said supplemental end members and said rail and downset therefrom to form a trough across the front of said lower exhibiting portion, the upper edge of said front terminating' back of the front edge of the upper exhibiting portion to form a pocket beneath the bottom of the upper portion.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

JOI-IN F. HUCKEL,

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

` Washington, D. C. 

